Yūgure Maeda | |
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Native name | 前田 夕暮 |
Born | Minamiyana Village, Ōsumi District (modern-day Hadano City), Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | June 8, 1877
Died | April 12, 1967 | (aged 89)
Occupation | poet |
Genre | tanka poetry |
Literary movement | Naturalism |
Yūgure Maeda (前田 夕暮 Maeda Yūgure; 1883–1951) was a Japanese tanka poet.
Biography
Yūgure Maeda was born on 27 July 1883.[1] He was born in Minamiyana Village, Ōsumi District (modern-day Hadano City), Kanagawa Prefecture.[2] His real name was Yōzō Maeda (前田 洋造 Maeda Yōzō).[2]
He dropped out of middle school without graduating.[3]
He died in 20 April 1951.[1]
Writings
Maeda was deeply critical of what he saw as the excessive romanticism of poets associated with important magazine Myōjō.[3]
Reception
Literary historian and critic Donald Keene wrote compared Kubota's poetry to that of Akiko Yosano, ironically one of the targets of Maeda's criticism.[3]
References
- ^ a b Keene 1999, p. 35; Ishimoto 1994; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ a b Ishimoto 1994.
- ^ a b c Keene 1999, p. 35.
Works cited
- Ishimoto, Ryūichi (1994). "Maeda Yūgure" 前田夕暮. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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